Engine-lubricator.



E. A. NELSON.

ENGINE LUBRICATOR.-

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. 1912.

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EMIL AVNELSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOH'UPP MOTOR CAR CORPORATION, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OFVIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented lFeb. as, rare.

Application filed rebmaf' 19, 1912. Serial to. 678,673.

siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in.

Engine-Lubricators, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

tems for engines and has particular reference to the means employed forpumping the lubricant and propelling the same to the various hearings towhich it is distributed.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction of.means co-acting with the revoluble fly-wheel of the engine ashereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross section through the engine casingadjacent to the plane of the fly wheel; Fig. 2 is a frag mentaryelevation of the inner face of the casing showing the oil receivingpocket therein.

A is the engine casing and B is the revoluble fly-wheel therein. Thelower part of the casing forms a receptacle C for holding the lubricantand into which a portion of the periphery of the fly-wheel is dipped.Consequently the revolution of the flywheel will cause the carrying upupon its periphery of a quantity of the lubricant.

To propel the lubricant carried by the flywheel to the desired point,the casing A has formed therein a pocket D which communicates withnipple E on the outside of the case and from which a conduit F is led tothe various points of distribution. The pocket D is of a tapering orwedge shaped form, the opening to the nipple being at the apex orcontracted end of said pocket while the large end is of substantiallythe full width of the periphery of the wheel. The pocket D is formed inan inwardly extending lug G on the casing which extends into closeproximity to the periphery'of the wheel and the inclined edges of thepocket form strippers and deflectors which remove the adhering coatingof oil from the wheel and direct it into the conduit.

With the construction just described, when the fly-wheel B is rotatingat its usual rate of speed the lubricant adhering to the periphery ofthe wheel will be carried up into the pocket D where the inclined edgesof saidpocket will scrape ofl the adhering film and without checking themomentum which. it has acquired while traveling on the wheel,-willdirect it into the conduit. 'The invention relates to lubricating -sys-'As a result sufficient pressure is developed to raise the lubricant tothe proper elevation and to force it to the bearings.

What, I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with an engine flywheel, of a housing for said wheelhaving a lubricant receptacle in the lower portion thereof, said housingbeing provided with shaped opening thereto, the inclined edges of saidopening being in close proximity to the wheel periphery to deflect thelubricant therefrom andconverging in the general direction of rotationof said wheel, andan oil distribution conduit communicating with thecontracted end of said pocket.

2. The combination with an engine flywheel, of a housing for said wheelhaving a lubricant receptacle in the lower portion thereof, said housinghaving a portion at the side extending in proximity to the periphery ofthe fly-wheel, said last-mentioned portion being provided with asubstantiallyvertically-extending pocket of tapering form, the pocketbeing at its lower end of substantially the same width as the fly-wheeland contracted at its upper end with the opening at the contractved end,whereby the inclined edges between ture in presence of two witnesses.

EA. NELSON.

Witnesses:

F ANK E. WATTS, Y Joan W. Pnrnnson.

a pocket having a substantially wedge-

